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KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Thursday dismissed petitions filed by two students who sought admission to Class I at Kendriya Vidyalayas in Kochi under provisions of the Right to Education Act (RTE). Justice A M Shaffique considered petitions filed by Aiswarya S Shankar of Thoppumpady and Vignesh T S of Palluruthy. Kendriya Vidyalayas had allegedly denied admissions to both students to Class I.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Education Department, which finally waded itself out of the Plus Two school muddle, has another big challenge ahead. It’s been nearly two months since the academic year began, but there’s no clarity on when free uniforms will reach close to eight lakh children in government schools.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Over 1,300 resource teachers under the Central Government’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) project will no more have to work as daily wage workers on a reduced pay.

The SSA executive committee, chaired by the Chief Secretary, has issued orders bringing the teachers back on contract basis with a higher monthly salary. “The contract will be with effect from May 28, when the Annual Work Plan & Budget for 2014-15 from the Union HRD Ministry was received by the state,” SSA state project director E P Mohandas told Express.

Kerala High Court has sought the views of the Union HRD Ministry and Principals of six Kendriya Vidyalayas here on a petition filed by a seven-year-old girl, who was denied admission to the first standard.

The petitioner, Aiswaraya Shankar, represented by her father, stated that she was denied admission in violation of the provisions of Right to Education act.

Justice A M Shaffique, before whom the petition came up, today, posted the case to June 16.

The Principals of various Kendriya Vidyalayas in Kochi have been made respondents in the case.

KOCHI: The recent developments point to a tendency among educational institutions run by minority managements to behave like republics, said P Rajeeve MP. He was inaugurating a meeting convened to honour Sebastian K Antony, the teacher who was expelled from the St Albert’s college and later reinstated following a Supreme Court order, here on Tuesday. The meeting was organised by the All-Kerala Private College Teachers Association (AKPCTA). “In the present scenario, the Supreme Court order is a big victory. Institutions with minority status are behaving like republics.

The Right to Education Act (RTE Act) entrusted local bodies with immense powers and responsibilities for the improvement of infrastructure and academic standards in government schools in their area. But the steps taken by the City Corporation, which spends around Rs.10 crore annually in the education sector, seems to be ineffective, says a performance report of the Local Fund Audit Department released along with the general audit report recently.

The Multi-Grade Learning Centres (MGLC), single-teacher schools in the remote tribal and coastal areas of the State, will seize to exist this March with the conclusion of a three-year extension. MGLCs were set up in 1997 to ensure universal primary education under the District Primary Education Project (DPEP) across the State. After the enactment of the Right to Education Act in 2012, the State government had announced the conversion of MGLCs into primary schools. But this was not done. There were 354 MGLCs in the State and 11,888 students dependent on it.

The Right to Education Act (RTE Act) entrusted local bodies with immense powers and responsibilities for the improvement of infrastructure and academic standards in government schools in their area. But the steps taken by the City Corporation, which spends around Rs.10 crore annually in the education sector, seems to be ineffective, says a performance report of the Local Fund Audit Department released along with the general audit report recently.

The Right to Education Act (RTE Act) entrusted local bodies with immense powers and responsibilities for the improvement of infrastructure and academic standards in government schools in their area. But the steps taken by the City Corporation, which spends around Rs.10 crore annually in the education sector, seems to be ineffective, says a performance report of the Local Fund Audit Department released along with the general audit report recently.

AHMEDABAD: The Primary Teachers Certificate (PTC) course was the most sought after academic course till just a few years back. In particular, candidates from rural areas used to fall over each other to get admission in this course as it guaranteed a government teacher's job! In the past four years, however, 125 PTC colleges have closed as they were not able to attract enough students to run the college! The sharp decline in enthusiasm for PTC courses is mainly because the assurance of a government job is not there anymore.